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Douglas R. MacFarlane

Douglas R. MacFarlane

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Chemistry
Australia
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
145
Citations
86505
World Ranking
162
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Douglas R. MacFarlane is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has an extensive research profile in Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans key subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's primary research focuses on topics including Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, as well as Crystallization and Solubility Studies. Their investigations also involve advanced methods in X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography and ongoing advancements in battery materials.

Their recent scholarly output features notable publications in prominent scientific venues. These include:

  • A Roadmap to the Ammonia Economy, 2020, Joule
  • Nitrogen reduction to ammonia at high efficiency and rates based on a phosphonium proton shuttle, 2021, Science
  • Identification and elimination of false positives in electrochemical nitrogen reduction studies, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Electroreduction of nitrogen with almost 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency, 2022, Nature
  • Electroreduction of Nitrates, Nitrites, and Gaseous Nitrogen Oxides: A Potential Source of Ammonia in Dinitrogen Reduction Studies, 2020, ACS Energy Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating on these and other projects include Alexandr N. Simonov, Mega Kar, Karolina Matuszek, Jennifer M. Pringle, and Samantha L. Piper.

Douglas R. MacFarlane frequently publishes in specialized venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, ECS Meeting Abstracts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ChemSusChem, and Faraday Discussions, contributing valuable research insights across multiple disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Ionic-liquid materials for the electrochemical challenges of the future.

    Michel Armand;F Endres;Douglas Robert Macfarlane;Hiroyuki Ohno

  • Energy applications of ionic liquids

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Naoki Tachikawa;Maria Forsyth;Jennifer M. Pringle

  • A Roadmap to the Ammonia Economy

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Pavel V. Cherepanov;Jaecheol Choi;Bryan H.R. Suryanto

  • Vitrification as an approach to cryopreservation.

    G.M. Fahy;D.R. MacFarlane;C.A. Angell;H.T. Meryman

  • Challenges and prospects in the catalysis of electroreduction of nitrogen to ammonia

    Bryan H.R. Suryanto;Hoang Long Du;Dabin Wang;Jun Chen

  • Use of Ionic Liquids for π-Conjugated Polymer Electrochemical Devices

    Wen Lu;Andrei G. Fadeev;Baohua Qi;Elisabeth Smela

  • Introduction: Ionic Liquids

    Zhigang Lei;Biaohua Chen;Yoon Mo Koo;Douglas R. Macfarlane

  • Pyrrolidinium Imides: A New Family of Molten Salts and Conductive Plastic Crystal Phases

    Douglas R Macfarlane;Pavla Meakin;Jiazeng Sun;Nahid Amini

  • Electrodeposition from Ionic Liquids

    Frank Endres;Douglas MacFarlane;Andrew Abbott

  • On the concept of ionicity in ionic liquids

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth;Ekaterina I. Izgorodina;Andrew P. Abbott

  • Ionic Liquids in Electrochemical Devices and Processes: Managing Interfacial Electrochemistry

    Douglas Robert Macfarlane;Maria Forsyth;Patrick Craig Howlett;Jennifer Mary Pringle

  • Ionic Liquids—An Overview

    Stewart A Forsyth;Jennifer Mary Pringle;Douglas Robert Macfarlane

  • Lithium-doped plastic crystal electrolytes exhibiting fast ion conduction for secondary batteries

    Douglas R Macfarlane;Junhua H Huang;Maria Forsyth

  • Room-temperature molten salts based on the quaternary ammonium ion

    Jiazeng Sun;Maria Forsyth;Douglas R Macfarlane

  • Ionic liquids and their solid-state analogues as materials for energy generation and storage

    Douglas R. MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth;Patrick C. Howlett;Mega Kar

  • A Review of Ionic Liquid Lubricants

    Anthony E. Somers;Patrick C. Howlett;Douglas R. MacFarlane;Maria Forsyth

  • Hierarchical Mesoporous SnO2 Nanosheets on Carbon Cloth: A Robust and Flexible Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with High Efficiency and Selectivity

    Fengwang Li;Lu Chen;Gregory P. Knowles;Douglas R. MacFarlane

  • Single-boron catalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction

    Chuangwei Liu;Qinye Li;Chengzhang Wu;Jie Zhang

  • Electro-synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen at ambient temperature and pressure in ionic liquids

    Fengling Zhou;Luis Miguel Azofra;Muataz Ali;Mega Kar

  • Ionic liquids based on imidazolium, ammonium and pyrrolidinium salts of the dicyanamide anion

    Douglas R Macfarlane;Stewart A Forsyth;Jake J Golding;G B Deacon

  • High Lithium Metal Cycling Efficiency in a Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid

    Patrick Craig Howlett;Douglas Robert Macfarlane;Anthony F Hollenkamp

  • Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids: An Overview

    Kevin James Fraser;Douglas Robert Macfarlane

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Forsyth
Maria Forsyth Deakin University
Patrick C. Howlett
Patrick C. Howlett Deakin University
Jennifer M. Pringle
Jennifer M. Pringle Deakin University
Gordon G. Wallace
Gordon G. Wallace University of Wollongong
Ekaterina I. Izgorodina
Ekaterina I. Izgorodina Monash University
Leone Spiccia
Leone Spiccia Monash University
Xinyi Zhang
Xinyi Zhang Monash University
Chenghua Sun
Chenghua Sun Swinburne University of Technology
Alan M. Bond
Alan M. Bond Monash University
Anthony F. Hollenkamp
Anthony F. Hollenkamp Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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